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If some of your you ordered from show a past-due expiration date, don’t toss them just yet. It’s possible they’re still OK to use, depending on the brand.
After a COVID-19 test has been approved and in use for a year or more, the manufacturer can use its data to ask the Food and Drug Administration to .Of the , nine of them have had their shelf lives extended since they were released, including , one of the more common at-home test providers in early free shipments.
If you find that your tests aren’t expired, we recommend writing the new expiration date on the box. Keeping up with your at-home test kits is especially important as the continues driving an increase in COVID-19 cases this summer.